NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Part of the bestselling mystery series that
inspired Dalgliesh on Acorn TV
Cheverell Manor is a beautiful old house in Dorset, which its owner, the
famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell, uses as a private clinic.
When the investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, arrives to have a
disfiguring facial scar removed, she has every expectation of a
successful operation and a peaceful week recuperating. But the clinic
houses an implacable enemy and within hours of the operation Rhoda is
murdered. Commander Dalgliesh and his team are called in to investigate
a case complicated by old crimes and the dark secrets of the past. But
Before Rhoda's murder is solved, a second horrific death adds to the
complexities of one of Dalgliesh's most perplexing and fascinating
cases.